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The Barrett hearings show the Democrats have wised up since Kavanaugh

15 October 2020

12:04 AM

15 October 2020

12:04 AM

There was nothing original about Amy Coney Barrett’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee other than her incessant professions of her fidelity to an originalist approach to the American Constitution. Originalism is a convenient smokescreen for conservatives to act as what they claim not to be — judicial activists, ascribing their own views to the founders.

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